Week 16 Fantasy Football Rankings: TE, K, DEF

Dalton Schultz angles to break his slump vs. Philadelphia, Dallas Goedert comes off injury in Dallas, and Darren Waller readies for what he hopes is a bigger role against the Steelers.

Other positions: Quarterback | Running Back | Receiver

Updated 12/24 at 12:00 PM ET.

Adjusted Taysom Hill and David Njoku due to weather.

Week 16 Tight Ends

RK	Player	Opp
1	Travis Kelce	SEA
2	Mark Andrews	ATL
3	George Kittle	WAS
4	T.J. Hockenson	NYG
5	Dalton Schultz	PHI
6	Evan Engram	@NYJ
7	Dallas Goedert	@DAL
8	Gerald Everett	@IND
9	Pat Freiermuth	LV
10	Darren Waller	@PIT
11	Taysom Hill	@CLE
12	Greg Dulcich	@LA
13	David Njoku	NO
14	Dawson Knox	@CHI
15	Cole Kmet	BUF
16	Chigoziem Okonkwo	HOU
17	Noah Fant	@KC
18	Juwan Johnson	@CLE
19	Jeff Driskel	@TEN
20	Tyler Higbee	DEN
21	Austin Hooper	HOU
22	Hunter Henry	CIN
23	Tyler Conklin	JAC
24	Trey McBride	TB
25	Logan Thomas	@SF
26	Daniel Bellinger	@MIN
27	Robert Tonyan	@MIA
28	Cade Otton	@ARI
29	Jordan Akins	@TEN
30	Brock Wright	@CAR
31	Foster Moreau	@PIT
32	Mike Gesicki	GB
33	Will Dissly	@KC
34	Jelani Woods	LAC
35	Cameron Brate	@ARI
36	Jonnu Smith	CIN

TE Notes: Travis Kelce has been held below 50 yards one time all season. … Mark Andrews and Tyler Huntley have not picked up where they left off last season. Andrews is sitting on 5/48 through two Huntley starts. Lamar Jackson (knee) is day to day. Week 16 opponent Atlanta coughs up the fifth most tight end fantasy points. … George Kittle has gone 4/80/2 two times in his past five games. Never mind what he did the other three weeks. One of the only seam stretchers with anything resembling ceiling, Kittle returns to the top three with Deebo Samuel (ankle) still on the shelf. … Averaging eight targets as a Viking, T.J. Hockenson has yet to draw fewer than six looks. The production has been underwhelming, at best, but that kind of usage continues to set Hockenson apart in 2022. … We’ll point chase with Evan Engram, whose boats is one of many being brought up by Trevor Lawrence‘s rising tide.

Dalton Schultz‘s production has become much more uneven over the past month. He at least won’t have weather concerns in climate-controlled Dallas, while it would not be surprising if Week 16 ends up something of a rest-and-tinker week for an Eagles team that will be missing Jalen Hurts (shoulder). … Opposite Schultz will be Dallas Goedert (shoulder), who is playing for the first time since Week 10. Although his ceiling will be much lower without Hurts, his compiling floor should be strong with dink-and-dunk No. 2 Gardner Minshew. … Confronting an historically-low over/under (32.5) vs. a Saints defense permitting the third fewest tight end fantasy points, it certainly does not profile as a ceiling week for David Njoku on Christmas Eve. … Gerald Everett has caught fewer than four passes just one time over his past seven games. … Kenny Pickett (concussion) returning doesn’t do much for Pat Freiermuth, though he at least has a strong matchup in a Raiders defense coughing up the ninth most tight end fantasy points. … Darren Waller remained behind Mack Hollins in the Week 15 targets mix, but scored in his first appearance since Week 5. He needs to be ranked in the top 12.

Finally showing signs of life, Dawson Knox has at least four catches on seven targets over each of his past two games, scoring both times in the process. As bad as the conditions will be in Chicago, Knox will be facing one of the league’s worst defenses, admittedly one that is somehow surrendering the fewest TE fantasy points. … Chigoziem Okonkwo has the sixth most tight end receiving yards (271) since he began a seven-game streak of posting at least 30 yards in Week 8. The Texans are as soft as a matchup gets. Malik Willis is a hindrance, of course … Even with the Bears so low on healthy receivers, Cole Kmet‘s Week 16 touchdown odds are depressed by the hellaciously-bad Chicago forecast. … Forgotten Noah Fant gets a rankings boost with Tyler Lockett (finger) on the shelf in a game where Seattle will have to rely on the pass. … We didn’t need a poor man’s Taysom Hill, but that’s what we have in Jeff Driskel. His red zone role makes him a better “tight end” bet than most of the zero-floor options around him in the TE16-24 range.

Week 16 Kickers

RK	Player	Opp
1	Justin Tucker	ATL
2	Brett Maher	PHI
3	Harrison Butker	SEA
4	Cameron Dicker	@IND
5	Tyler Bass	@CHI
6	Daniel Carlson	@PIT
7	Michael Badgley	@CAR
8	Evan McPherson	@NE
9	Nick Folk	CIN
10	Jason Sanders	GB
11	Robbie Gould	WAS
12	Ryan Succop	@ARI
13	Greg Joseph	NYG
14	Eddy Pineiro	DET
15	Chase McLaughlin	LAC
16	Jake Elliott	@DAL
17	Jason Myers	@KC
18	Greg Zuerlein	JAC
19	Graham Gano	@MIN
20	Younghoe Koo	@BAL
21	Riley Patterson	@NYJ
22	Mason Crosby	@MIA
23	Randy Bullock	HOU
24	Matt Gay	DEN
25	Brandon McManus	@LA
26	Matt Prater	TB
27	Joey Slye	@SF
28	Wil Lutz	@CLE
29	Cade York	NO
30	Chris Boswell	LV
31	Cairo Santos	BUF
32	Ka’imi Fairbairn	@TEN

Week 16 Defense/Special Teams

RK	Player	Opp
1	San Francisco 49ers	WAS
2	Baltimore Ravens	ATL
3	Dallas Cowboys	PHI
4	Buffalo Bills	@CHI
5	Denver Broncos	@LA
6	Kansas City Chiefs	SEA
7	Tennessee Titans	HOU
8	Philadelphia Eagles	@DAL
9	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	@ARI
10	Cleveland Browns	NO
11	New York Jets	JAC
12	Jacksonville Jaguars	@NYJ
13	Los Angeles Rams	DEN
14	New England Patriots	CIN
15	Minnesota Vikings	NYG
16	Detroit Lions	@CAR
17	Cincinnati Bengals	@NE
18	Los Angeles Chargers	@IND
19	New Orleans Saints	@CLE
20	Washington Commanders	@SF
21	Pittsburgh Steelers	LV
22	Houston Texans	@TEN
23	Miami Dolphins	GB
24	Las Vegas Raiders	@PIT
25	Carolina Panthers	DET
26	Arizona Cardinals	TB
27	New York Giants	@MIN
28	Atlanta Falcons	@BAL
29	Indianapolis Colts	LAC
30	Green Bay Packers	@MIA
31	Seattle Seahawks	@KC
32	Chicago Bears	BUF